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Dr. Anna Smith received her Ph.D. at New York University. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Secondary Education at Illinois State University, following an Institute of Education Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship in Writing and New Learning Ecologies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is co-author of Developing Writers: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age (Open University Press) and co-editor of the Handbook of Writing, Literacies, and Education in Digital Cultures (Routledge). Her recent research on writing development, transliteracies, and the intersection of teaching and learning can be found in journals such as Language, Culture, and Social Interaction, Theory into Practice, Literacy, and Journal of Literacy Research.

Current Courses

461.001Literacy Learning In A Digital World

461.091Literacy Learning In A Digital World

432.091Technology Across the Disciplines

599.008Dissertation Research

430.091Educational Technologies and Design

499.003Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

482.001Professional Research II

469.002Professional Research In Literacy Learning II

PhD

New York University

University Service Initiative Award

Illinois State University

2021

University Research Initiative Award

Illinois State University

2019

Arthur Applebee Award for Excellence in Research on Literacy

Literacy Research Association and University at Albany, SUNY

2018

Digital Media and Learning Multi-Method Data Fellow

Connected Learning Alliance

2017

Book, Authored

Mills, K., Stornaiuolo, A., Smith, A., & Pandya, J. Handbook of writing, literacies, and education in digital cultures. Routledge (2017)

Andrews, R., & Smith, A. Developing writers: Teaching and learning in the digital age. Open University Press (2011)

Book, Chapter

Nichols, T., Smith, A., Bulfin, S., & Stornaiuolo, A. Critical Literacy, Digital Platforms, and Datafication. The Handbook of Critical Literacies. Routledge (2021): 345--353.

Smith, A. From Mimeographs to New Learning Ecologies. Critical Digital Literacies: Boundary-Crossing Practices. Brill (2021): 224--230.

Smith, A., & Hall, M. Mobilities of Youth Print Practices in Cosmopolitan Conversation Video Composition. Critical Digital Literacies: Boundary-Crossing Practices. Brill (2021): 145--164.

Dippre, R., & Smith, A. Always Already Relocalized: The Protean Nature of Context in Lifespan Writing Research. Approaches to Lifespan Writing Research: Generating an Actionable Coherence. The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado (2020): 27--38.

Smith, A. Across, Through, and With: Ontological Orientations for Lifespan Writing Research. Approaches to Lifespan Writing Research: Generating an Actionable Coherence. The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado (2020): 15--26.

Journal Article

Smith, A., Higgs, J., Lizarraga, J., & Watson, V. Guest editorial: Artificial intelligence and composing just education futures. English Teaching: Practice & Critique 23.1 (2024): 1--5.

LeBlanc, R., Aguilera, E., Burriss, S., de Roock, R., Fassbender, W., Monea, B., Nichols, T., Pandya, J., Robinson, B., Smith, A., & others. Digital platforms and the ELA classroom. National Council of Teachers of English, A Policy Research Brief, James R. Squire Office (2023)

McBride, C., Smith, A., & Kalir, J. Tinkering toward teacher learning: a case for critical playful literacies in teacher education. English Teaching: Practice \& Critique 22.2 (2023): 221--233.

Smith, A., & Thakurta, A. Illuminating the Call: Feedback Redux: Affirming Youths’ Learning Lives Through a Design Thinking Approach to Feedback. Voices from the Middle 29.4 (2022): 14--18.

Thakurta, A., & Smith, A. Flexibility by and for Design: Reimagining Learning Structures in Unsettled Times. Voices From the Middle 29.3 (2022): 14--17.

Dr. Anna Smith